The Hotelier - Goodness (May 27, 2016) Album • Page 175

On both Home and Goodness every song in their respective album is at such equal playing field for me, with the expection of a few tracks that are just a tad higher in my eyes because of personal relevance.

Both albums have 1 song I could do with out though. Housebroken and Fear Of Good

 

Oh shit.

Dendron, Intro, Discomfort
Scope, Your Deep Rest, Life In Drag
In Framing, Among The Wildflowers, Housebroken

Besides Dendron and Intro, which have always been my clear favorites, the gap between rest of the songs is extremely narrow.

 

Housebroken on par with Your Deep Rest.............?

 

Went to see if there were any live videos for Settle the Scar. Apparently there is; from August 2014. My mind is blown.

 

Lol it's a musical mode, my bad! Ha

 

Among The Wildflowers was probably my favorite song live by them

 

Dendron, Intro, Your Deep Rest
In Framing, Life in Drag, Wildflowers
Scope, Discomfort


Housebroken

 

Wildflowers, life in drag, intro, Your deep rest, scope, discomfort, Dendron, in framing, housebroken

 

The band has said that the albums are connected. If it weren't they wouldn't drop such obvious throwbacks (like the reference to Nite Ratz in Life In Drag). It's not as obvious and doesn't beat you over the head like, say, The Wonder Years references.

I can't do tiers but I will say that "End Of Reel" and "Piano Player" are tied for my favorite Hotelier tracks

 

Intro, Dendron, Scope
Wildflowers, Deep Rest, In Framing
Discomfort
Life in Drag
Housebroken

 

Man, didn't you used to like the Wonder Years? You've been tearing them apart lately.

 

I used to like them a lot (my username isn't a reference to them though it's a Capn Jazz reference) but for whatever reason I just don't care for them anymore. Dans voice is kind of grating, the past references feel ham fisted, the music has gotten stale and lacking progression (which I know is hypocritical of me since I'm a huge Bayside fan but I'd argue that they've experimented more than TWY) and the JJR stuff has really colored my perception of the band as a whole. Plus my musical horizons have expanded tremendously since 2013 so I've just found better bands/artists.

 

i feel like the referencing is less of an intentional attempt to tie together the records and more something that arises organically from whatever ties there are. idk if i'm putting this right or if it even makes any sense but yeah

also agree that twy references are very corny

 

i know you say that but i think that's just a cover-up that happened to fall into your lap after a little bit of googling

 

Why are you like this

 

It definitely feels more organic and subtle instead of a reference every other song that feels super ham fisted and unnecessary.

 

this is actually what i believe too, sorry bud

 

Weird but ok w/e floats your boat

 

Being called a liar is not how I wanted to start this morning lol

 

we just out here goofin

 

gotta start your morning with still brazy imo

 

Starting your morning with Still Brazy was a wonderful call

 

i took still brazy to the gym then made myself a huge breakfast and sat outside reading calvin and hobbes while i ate. phenomenal morning tbh

 

Fair enough my dude fair enough.

I mean I won't lie I definitely felt it to be an upturned reference to TWY but after the JJR stuff I never want to be associated with that band. Glad I didn't get the giant pigeon tattooed on me

 

So anyways this album is still phenomenal